Internal Forces and External Forces


Internal Forces are forces between objects found inside the system.

  • cannot do work on system
  • cannot change total energy of the system

External forces are forces that act on the system and their agents are part of the environment.

  • can do work on system
  • can transfer energy into or out of system, thus changing the total energy of the system

 


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